Somebody Had To Do It Collection: Interview with Millicent Brown

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Title:

Somebody Had To Do It Collection: Interview with Millicent Brown

Date:

2000

Description:

Oral history interview of Millicent Brown regarding her efforts in desegregating Rivers High School in Charleston, SC. The interview is what Dr. Brown labeled as the prototype for the Somebody Had To Do It project, which is designed as a multi-disciplinary study to identify, locate, interview and acknowledge the African American “first children" who desegregated America's schools.

Collection Title:

Somebody Had To Do It

Contributing Institution:

Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston

Media Type:

Oral Histories

Personal or Corporate Subject:

Rivers High School (Charleston, S.C.), Rivers High School (Charleston, S.C.)--History

Topical Subject:

School Integration--Southern States, School integration--United States, African Americans--South Carolina--Sumter--Social conditions--20th century

Geographic Subject:

Charleston (S.C.)

S.C. County:

Charleston County (S.C.)

Language:

English

Shelving Locator:

AMN 1139

Date Digital:

2000-2009

Digitization Specifications:

864.8 MB, Digital Recorder, Archival Master in Universal Disk Format

Internet Media Type:

video/mp4

Copyright Status Statement:

Copyright © Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture.

Access Statement:

All Rights Reserved.

Access Information:

For more information and reuse requirements contact Archivist, Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, 29424.

Admin ID:

223536